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slug: first-meetup
description: The first Marquez meetup will be held on 10/5/23 in San Francisco at Astronomer's HQ.
title: Join Us in October for Our First Meetup
authors:
    name: Michael Robinson
    title: Marquez Community Manager
    url: https://github.com/merobi-hub
    image_url: https://github.com/merobi-hub.png
tags: [meetups]
---

Join us on Thursday, October 5th, from 5:30-8:30 pm to learn about the present 
and future of the Marquez project. 

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You will: 
- meet other members of the community, 
- learn about the project’s goals and fundamental design, 
- hear about the project's journey from WeWork to OpenLineage adoption to Astronomer,
- brainstorm about data lineage, 
- participate in a discussion about the future of the project, &
- submit your first PR to the project. 
If that's not enough, there will also be stickers! Bring your appetite and your 
ideas and vision for Marquez!

Food will be provided, and the meetup is open to all. Don't miss this opportunity 
to influence the direction of the project! We hope to see you there. Please 
[sign up](https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-bnfqymxe/events/295444209/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link) to let us know you're coming.

### Time, Place & Format

Date: October 5, 2023  
Format: In-person  
Time: 5:30-8:30 pm ET  
Address: Astronomer, [8 California Street, 7th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111](https://goo.gl/maps/7UxfePDNPkneyc8v5?coh=178571&entry=tt)

#### Getting There
The Astronomer SF office is in the Financial District at the corner of California
and Drumm Streets, catty-cornered from the Market/Drumm Street cable car stop.

#### Getting In 
An Astronomer team member in the lobby will direct you to the Astronomer offices 
on the seventh floor.

### Hope to see you there!